Knoxville, Tennessee

This place, upon wliich General I liornas ís now marehing with a competent forcé, is tho county seat of Knox county, and 1j::s a population of near ten thousand souls. It i.s sitiíated at the junction of Clinch aba l'Vnchbroad liivers, wbose unitc ! waters fonn the IVnuessee. It is the liead of steamboat navigation and the centre of a large valley ot' riek and pro ductivo knds. Knoxvillo has counecliun hy railrond with the cities of Cli.ülr. - ton, Savaiinali, Montgomery, .Nashvillo, ind MoiiUMii?, 8 wi-lí as otlier impor tant poinls of the South ind West. Its oceupation by Federal troops vvill bü of immense advantage in the further prosocution of the war.